MARCH MADNESS

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

No tatoos - Just Branding ...

LOL NO TATOOS ... JUST BRANDING!!!!
- Maasai I just love the sheep with their new branded names ...
S O B R I E T Y Y That will keep them sober too!! And the cow -- Maybe you could brand the Cow MWO for Maasai's Way Out!!

And Suki and her S O B E R Kitties. I only have 2 kitties. What can I "brand" them? I need some ideas. :groupluv:

Flutterby - So glad you stopped by to see the madness - Don't worry about Dex - She is our Crazy Beloved Kitty who we are soon going to put her very own brand on - Maasai do you have any ideas what we should brand on our Dexie Kitty?

Laura - our happy Laura gets the smilie branding

MM - She gets the (oops I can't say it here but it goes with all the brazillians .... :H

BHOG - He gets the Brand on the back of his bald head - I'll let you guys pick his branding.

Ok - Dexie this might call for it's own thread "Maasai brands his 9 Sheep S O B R I E T Y Y"

OK - I need to get something to eat .... the blood sugar must have dropped I'm feeling a bit goofy.

See Ya'll later
Liv

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

March 16 Post em

March 16 Post em


Today I will Not Worry


I read a quote recently that said "I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened." Wow I thought! How many things have I worried about that have never happened!! so today dear ones ---- I will not worry.

Have a great worry free day. Worry will not add one hour to your life.

Liv

[Eastender]

MARCH MADNESS

Hi Liv,
I have read that saying too. So close to describing who I am. My dad refers to it constantly..He says "you die only once, no point in doing it a thousand times in your head before it happens!"
So for a change I will not worry.....or drink today!
Thanks for the post it today, sorry have not been around much this week.Had a lot of "real "worrying to do

Eastx

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

Eastx

Hey Eastx
Have missed you - If there is anything I can do to help ---- let me know. Sounds serious.
You will be in my prayers. Hugs
Liv

[cowgal]

MARCH MADNESS

Monday

It is Monday, and Liv, I need a post-it to help me get started on an AF week, blew it over the past few days, but am determined to get back on and start being AF again!!

East, hope you are alright, hope you are done w/ the "real" worries.................

Let's keep on keepin' on this March Madness thing!!

love,:h

MA

[meditation mama]

MARCH MADNESS

ON YESTERDAYS TOPIC..

livingfree;292064 wrote: March 16 Post em


Today I will Not Worry


I read a quote recently that said "I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened." Wow I thought! How many things have I worried about that have never happened!! so today dear ones ---- I will not worry.

Have a great worry free day. Worry will not add one hour to your life.

Liv

BOY, I wish I would have seen this quote yesterday.. I was with my little one. We had to drive to a bigger city to fly her to my parents - the airport is two hours away. The plane was delayed and delayed, and she got more scared, and I got more anxious. Then it finally boared and my emotions were just a mess.. THEN I had to drive home accross the freaky snowy desert in the middle of the night (no one in sight). TALK ABOUT THINKING OF EVERYTHING - things that could go worng, getting myself worked up.. then having to calm myself down.

One thing that meditation has taught me is that our minds are not us. It is a very important distinction. There are times like this where you mind gets going, think of terrible scenarios , like the plane crashing... then the dialog starts, what would I do, would I turn back, would they be able to get me, who would I call, whould I be able to go on with life.. and before long I am dead in my head... and not only am I dead in my head, I have attached emotions along with every one of those thought. And then there is our physicall body.

Funny thing about the body. It is like a small child - it doesn't know the difference between real and make-believe. It doesn't really know the difference between what is really happening in life and what our crazy mind is doing. If we are getting really worked up in our head, it thinks things are really going on. So, by the time I got home my body had been put thorugh the wringer. My stomach hurt, my intestines were in a knot, my head was pounding... etc.

This isn't to say I didn't catch myself. My practice has helped me to do this. I am able to catch myself and quickly (well most times), bring it back, and my emotions, soo. But it was late, I was in scary territory and I just dropped off my only child in the middle of the night. It was a surreal situation. So, it took a lot to keep it together. All in all, it was good practice for me.. uncomfortable, but good practice - a good lesson.

I am learning to be the BOSS OF MY MIND! It helps me with this problem of AL, it helps me in regular life situations, and it helps me in the biggest place of all - when I am alone with myself...

Anyway, just a little morning thought..

Namaste,

MM

[FinallyRN]

MARCH MADNESS

I missed this thread yesterday, too busy. I have my brother staying with me for a week while he tries to regroup. He's having a bad split up. And my son has 2 weeks off and I'm scared of whatt mischief he's going to get into. I'm envisioning scenarios that haven't even happened!
Love the "no Worries" post-it. I try to live my life like that although I'm not always successful.
Good thoughts to all.
Happy St Patricks Day!!!!!!!!

[bald headed old guy]

MARCH MADNESS

Today I Will Not Worry!
That's a good one! I like it! Well,, a littel catch up; the wife and I spent the weekend with my mom, aunt, brother and his wife. Surprisingly, it went very well, and I did not drink! Considering that in the past these have been very stressful weekends, and I have used ALice to get me through them, I was surprised, pleased and proud that I got past it. And, perhaps as a result of not drinking, it seemed a much more relaxed weekend. However, getting to SE Colorado was not much fun! A drive that should have taken us 10 hours took 13. First time in 35 years i have not been able to drive over Monarch Pass in Colorado and had to detour. That and a bridge damaged by a semi forced a long trip! But all is well, and I am back in the saddle for another week!
And LivingFree, you are NOT branding the back of my bald head! thank you very much for the offer, but NO!
Stay Strong!
BHOG

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

March 17 Post em

Ok - after I was finally able to get to a computer and was able to read MM's story - all of this is coming together now. Whew -- MM - your post is very timely for me today as I am late getting this out because I had to go to the emergency room!! I'll save the story for another time (I'm ok - it has to do with a kidney stone uggggggggggg) I too am working on the mind/body connection. It is very difficult to say the least. I pray your little one is safely in grandma's arms and you are settling into a new week where you can "recharge"

RN - With the 20 year old - you are just going to have to hang the "not to worry" over your door post for a year or two ... I know ....:H

BHOG - Missed you the past few days - glad you are back and survived the family weekend - hope you found something fun in the weekend after the stressful drive!

OK - Todays Sticky Note - Late but the Irish are not timely people (I should know)


The Harder I work ~ The Luckier I get!


I think when we want something to change - especially a habit or addiction, we wish for a magic bullet or a dose of luck. But I have found that if I can focus on having what I want for one day and that day only - the next day it is easier to build upon that success. So I work VERY HARD on that one day. Success starts to follow. Before long it is easy! Am I lucky? No - It is hard work - but I feel luckier and luckier with each passing day!

Go green ~ Go Irish! YES I AM IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LVT25]

MARCH MADNESS

Namaste,
Thanks for posting your experience. I think I would have been a freaking mess!! I can't even imagine putting one of my kids on an airplane--no matter how old they are!!
Liv--sorry you had to go to the ER!!! Hope you are feeling much better! Thank you for the sticky notes, I always joke I couldn't be without my sticky notes--but this just proves it's truer than I realize!!

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

helloooo

Vet - I couldn't be without my stickies either!! Hope you are doing great! Good to see you! Thanks for stopping by the madness -- stop by often and give us your imput!

Cowgal oh Cowgal where are you? And Dexie? and Laura and eastx and maas ..... where has everyone else gone?!!!!!!!!!!!

[LVT25]

MARCH MADNESS

Liv,
BTW, I love your new sunglasses!
I'm trying to stay positive today. My mom would have been 80 years old today. She died 4 years ago. Her name was Patsy since she was born on St. Patrick's day. I 'm not wallowing in it though, I just miss her...and my dad.
Hope you have a good night.

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

mimi

mimi - very sorry to hear that. Are you doing okay? What is your stats since starting if you don't mind my asking? If you do just say NOYB!! I know you were quitting smoking also - How is that going? Boy - for me - it all just finally clicked. And then I got sick in the last week - but Spring is coming!! Whooo Hoo! Cornhusker State? Iowa? Just kidding - I know my football! Hee Hee - had to give you a dig! Glad you like the shades! My new spring look!

Liv -

[FinallyRN]

MARCH MADNESS

Livingfree, I love what you wrote....... each day gets easier. I focus on being a success TODAY, that's all. That's all I can manage.

[livingfree]

MARCH MADNESS

March 18 Post em

March 18 Post em

Ok little Tribe - Here is your stickie for Tuesday. If you didn't check back Monday because I was late - you get to have two for one! Happy hour!


You hold the Key


When Al & Alice first took our hand and led us to this party the door was open. What a grand time we had. We came and went as we pleased. Then one day we noticed the door was closed. We were a bit frightened but we opened the door and ran out. Every time Al & Alice brought us to the Party we started to notice it was hot, sweaty, not nearly as fun. We wanted to escape. One day it happened. The door was locked. We screamed and screamed. No one could hear us. We pounded and scratched at the door - at no avail. Once in awhile someone would open the door and we would rush out and faint in a heap. Somehow Al & Alice would drag us back in. Before long it wasn't a party. It was a prison. A cell with bars.

One day I heard a voice - a faint whisper. I thought it was my own echo of screams of old. I was tired of screaming - no one was listening. The whisper got louder. What? It was saying "Look in your hand". I looked --- I held the key. I had held the key all along. I just didn't know it. Al & Alice could only keep putting me in the prison. The lock was on the inside. I held the Key.

Liv